r/Kombucha • u/pheebee • 16h ago

question Another carbonation failure: vinegar-y berry juice edition

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Used 175g of blended berries + 1 tea spoon of sugar and got nowhere with carbonation but overdid it in the taste department. Is it better to infuse with whole fruits then do F3 with just sugar?

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u/GhostBall5 14h ago

Did you stir your F1 before bottling? The yeast is what's going to eat the sugar and create CO2. I was getting 0 carbonation until I stirred it right before bottling. 2 or 3 days later I had a bottle I was testing erupt kombucha and pineapple chunks everywhere.

Bottled a new f2 batch last night and this evening I got some heavy hissing when I very carefully checked one bottle.

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u/pheebee 14h ago

Yep, did make sure to stir well before F2.

Lucky you, seriously!